Ecosystem Markets. Built for Producers. Backed by Science.
ESMC is a non-profit that works to compensate farmers and ranchers who improve the environment through their agricultural practices. Our market program reduces greenhouse gases, improves water quality, and increases other ecosystem services to benefit society.
Announced in August 2022, our Eco-Harvest market program for agriculture is the first in the US to reach program and pilot validation and verification under the SustainCERT Value Change Initiative (VCI). Read why this is important.
Latest ESMC News
ESMC First User of SustainCERT’s Innovative Value Chain Decarbonization Platform 5 June 2023 Providing agriculture supply chains with access...
Highlights from our 2022 Annual Report May 31, 2023 We successfully launched our market program, Eco-Harvest, in May 2022,...
May 2023 ESMC Newsletter ESMC/ESMRC Updates Announcing our 2022 Annual Report We successfully launched our market program, Eco-Harvest, in...
April 2023 ESMC Newsletter ED Column: Transparency and Credibility in Ecosystem Services Markets (It’s in the Data!) We sell...
March 2023 ESMC Newsletter The Value of Market Mechanisms to Reduce GHGs in Agriculture Earlier this month, ESMC provided comments...
February 2023 ESMC Newsletter ESMC Releases Report on Markets for Ecosystem Services on Public Grazing Lands ESMC is pleased...